#This mostly just consist of the ships I like lmao didn't mean to do that

[lindacreations]

Finally got over my artist block so I made a few doodles :)

[cuephrase]

from the questionnaire:

are there any results that really surprised you or that you didn't expect?

oooooh good question!! for me personally, no, not really? at least nothing that automatically comes to mind, so yk, don't quote me on that if i share data later and say "this surprised me/i didn't expect this!!" lmao

ummmm, hmmm. well actually okay, so i did expect Tim to be the Most Disliked Robin, but not by such a margin, if that makes sense? more like, logically one of them was going to be the most disliked even if only like 10 people disliked a Robin and my bet was that Tim would have the most votes, by process of elimination/other hypotheses. i wasn't upset by the results, if you've seen the post you know i was incredibly entertained.

there were definitely some results that were a relief? like they aligned with my personal predictions, but it was still really nice to see them.

oh, something that did surprise me was the amount of commentary i got on batcest!! there is zero discussion of shipping in the questionnaire, which is mainly why i wasn't expecting so much commentary, and there's not really a whole lot of ship discussion apart from batcest stuff that i remember- i did think i might get a couple mentions of it but i got a lot more than a couple lmao.

in favor of and against, to be clear, and to be even clearer to anyone reading- this is not an invitation to share your thoughts about batcest with me, i truly do not care. not to be rude, either, like i don't care if you love it or hate it, i just have zero interest in discussing it since a) my blog is mostly gen and b) i don't see any benefits in engaging in discourse about batcest 🫶

on the individual response level, there were some things that surprised me in isolation, but made perfect sense in the context of the responder's answers, like for instance one person said they didn't see Dick as brothers with any of the boy Robins except for Damian, because "he doesn’t really interact with a lot of the other robins in canon", that being said, the only eras they said they read were pre-crisis and rebirth. makes a lot more sense in that context. like i was thrown for a loop, but then i saw the full picture and i was like, "oh. okay."

let this be your daily reminder that the statement "i read comics" means basically nothing lmao. and i don't mean that as a dig at that responder, not at all, just that if you're someone who reads comics you cannot assume that someone else also reading comics means that you guys will be on the same wavelength. not because canon is nebulous and unknowable imo, but just because there's a lot of it!!

also!! a decent amount of people said i was brave?? that freaked me out a little, because i hadn't really...i didn't think i was stepping into shit, okay? in hindsight, i realize that that was naive of me, but idk. i wasn't thinking about the results in that way, and i also really didn't think i was going to get much interaction either- i was floored by the engagement the questionnaire got. but yeah, idk, i was just genuinely curious to see if my theory had any weight, i wasn't thinking about the broader implications of what the data might reveal. whoops.

and here's what surprised my wonderful data-crunchers:

@chinajousama: Hmm, I think one thing that did surprise me was how little the types of Robin media actually impacted the results [of the Most Disliked Robin]. Aside from that pocket of Jason hate from the post-Crisis fans, everyone was remarkably consistent. Also, it wasn't really a surprise, but it was extremely funny to see how big the gap between tim and literally anyone else was, dislike wise.

(we got an ask about if the media/eras consumed impacted which Robins were disliked, so that math has been done, but i haven't shared the results yet, sorry!!)

@tevyaa: Lots! Off the top of my head: - I was sure that the clear winner of the most disliked Robin poll would be Damian. He's the only one I've ever really seen hate for - probably because I entered fandom through Tim-centric whump fic 😂. I was shocked that it's actually Tim who the fandom is most annoyed with. - I was surprised how much of the fandom does actually read comics! I would have guesstimated that the comics/non-comics fans were something like 50/50, and was shocked to find out that only 15% of fandom doesn't read comics (and only about 4% doesn't interact with canon at all, including comics/ games/ animation)

(dw, we haven't released any data apart from the MDR yet, but you'll be able to see the breakdown of comics read/canon interaction eventually!!)

ty for the ask, anon!! i hope you enjoyed the answer!!

[milliesfishes]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

(idk who to tag who originally came up with the questions but I found them through @the-likesofus and was curious ab my other writer moots answers so <3)

How many works do you have on ao3?

2 but I'm hoping to repost a bunch of my fics on here to there soon!

What's your total ao3 word count?

92,519

What fandoms do you write for?

At the moment I write for TBOSAS and Billy the Kid (2022)

Top five fics by kudos:

Only have 2 fics on AO3 currently but

1. I Once Believed Love Would Be Black and White, But It's Golden

and

2. Pray You Catch Me

Do you respond to comments?

Always!! I love, love receiving comments and I know how scary it can be sometimes to leave them, so I want to show my appreciation <3

What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Well...𝓻𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓵𝓮𝓯𝓽 𝓶𝓮 rn but I have one coming out tomorrow that's also Billy the Kid and the ending is pretty...it's pretty angsty

What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I try really hard to keep my endings happy because the nature of both fandoms I write for is inherently tragic but personally the one that warms my heart the most is either 𝓤𝓷𝓭𝓸𝓾𝓫𝓽𝓪𝓫𝓵𝓮 cause it's the end of the series or 𝓸𝓻𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓪𝓻𝔂 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼

Do you get hate on fics?

I've been very lucky to receive mostly positive feedback on my work- the closest I've gotten to hate was someone commenting on how I didn't include in the TWs that my Reader would be mentioned as thin and blue eyed (which I felt SO bad about and they were very kind about the whole situation- sometimes I don't catch that stuff in editing)

Do you write smut?

I do not purely because I'm a Christian girl (don't hate me) but that doesn't mean I judge others for doing so at all like y'all get freaky go nuts <3

Craziest crossover:

I've never done a crossover fic but that could change

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not to my knowledge, no, thankfully

Have you ever had a fic translated?

I don't think so

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

I haven't technically. The closest I've come is when Franci and me have done mermaid au stuff but that was completely her idea and her credit, she just let me write for it <3

All time favourite ship?

It's hard to say (anyone I write for x me lmao)

What's a wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

tbh once I deem something a wip there's no stopping me until I finish it. Having drafts lowkey stresses me out (in a good way) I've finished almost everything I've started, the only exceptions being things that were either a) had no plot point at all besides the ship or b) my hyperfixation fizzled and I lost passion

What are your writing strengths?

I feel like I'm good at angst honestly, and the other thing I feel like I consistently do well is in the plot points of my stories. Honestly my self awareness isn't that great though so I could possibly be talking out of my ass

Thoughts on dialogue in another language?

I've done it briefly before because Billy canonically speaks Spanish but I am not a fluent speaker in any language except English so I'd be a little cautious doing it lol

First fandom you wrote in?

The very first fandom I ever wrote in was Riverdale

Favourite fic you've written?

I'm still so proud of Pray You Catch me, but another one I love is Inamorata just cause it was so fun to write. But honestly I adore all my fics and though I'll always be self-critical they mean a lot to me because my followers have liked them so much <3

Tagging!

@francixoxoxo @runningfrom2am @a-romantics-guide-to-life @fictional-at-heart

also if you're a writer and you see this you're tagged <3

[thebigbidea]

I've vaguely mentioned her in a previous post but here's my Welcome Home OC/ Self-C. Her name is Emira. Emira Eagerly. Emi for short. Alike me, she uses all pronouns, (she/he/they), and is genderfluid. Oh! And after realizing her design was alike the Joyfuls, i decided she'd be related to them somehow. Like, first cousin once removed, maybe?.

Anygay, this is just an art/info dump to get her out there, i didn't feel like curating a post to get likes, so yuh.

I'll be using she/her pronouns for Emi only so it doesn't get confusing xd // the green text is kinda like the words i exaggerated while theoretically talking

Here's my first real sketches of her <33

Ignore the crappy Julie drawing lmao. I made a poopy mini comic about Emi getting a haircut.

I do heavily multiship WH characters. Mostly me multishipping Wally x Julie, Julie x Sally, and Wally having a crush on Eddie (the other characters i ship aren't multiships, just regular ones like Poppy x Howdy and Frank x Eddie). This is all to say that i also multiship Wally alot. And so, i both hc him as pan and ship him with my own OC (and some other peoples' OCs that are really cute). I also hc Wally as having a bit of a preference to guys, sooo, when Emi cut her hair, Wals was like awooga.

And yea, that's basically what the mini comic was. Emi cut her hair and this caused Wally to start crushing a little.

Colored!!

I think atp i did figure out that i wanted Emi to be a fashion designer/ seamstress.

Other outfits!! Yippie!! - I really love the party outfit. The shoes, ahhg! I wish they really existed.

Hehe, lil (crappy) sktech :·)

Oh yeah, i kind of had the idea of Wally drawing out the patterns for Emira when she was overwhelmed with ideas and didn't know where to start on an outfit. She'd just waffle about her ideas with Wally. Probably assumed he was drawing an apple or something, but oh? What's this? You drew a whole template for the dress i was rambling on and on about!! Thank you, Wally!

Her house :·)

AHHHH i love this drawing!!! Em and Emi, Emira and Emira, she and he, they and they, idc how to describe it, just.. genderfluidness!? And also, the outfits!! I just loved drawing them, I'd hella wear them irl. Especially the belt. I wish i had that 1970s belt irl!! I also loveee how she has longer hair and shorter at some point, meaning i can basically give her any hairstyle i want in my art!! It doesn't have to be consistent (unless it's a comic) - :·)) // this took me about 3hrs. And i barely took any breaks, that's how much i enjoyed drawing her!! Ahhh!!!

I was just looking through Pinterest and got the inspiration!! Well no, not just that. I failed to mention b4 that I'd like to think in the WH Halloween special, Emi attempted to dress up as a biblically accurate angle.. but it scared the kids tm (not actually, it mostly scared Frank) so she changed!! Her alternative costume was a clown!!. - And while, no, i didn't draw her as a biblically accurate angle, i did still make her an angle!! :·)

I do like this drawing, butttt my original sketch was way more expressive than this one. My second sketch was definitely more stiff, however i still went with it bc the first sketch was kinda wonky when flipped. Whoopies!!

//

Now i can ramble about Emi wayyyy more. I have so many more headcannons, comics, and crappy little drawing not shown here but this post is getting to long!! Buh bye, now loves <33!!!

[clydesdonovan]

Give me the greatest Cryde defense ever and maybe I'll consider shipping thsm

okay look i have nothing to say about this except i'm so sorry for this monster of text that you honestly did not ask for LMAO. i'm putting most of this bad boy under the cut for everyone's sanity

but. i'm honored that you think i have the power to change your opinion like that but tbh, that's far too much pressure i'm ngl.

all of this is just fully my own thoughts and opinions and i don't expect it to be enough to change anyone's mind, but i'm putting it out there with the hope of open mindedness i guess? and of course, this is just my personal feelings. i don't reflect all of the cryde fanbase (what little of it still exists).

anyway. like i already said in my other post, a lot of the history with cryde is backed by fanon, with only some tidbits of things slipped into the actual canon. so, ya know, keep that in mind.

back in the olden days, Craig and Clyde were even more minor than they are now. we didn't really know a lot about them. one of the few consistent things we did know about them was that they were friends. they could be seen in the background sitting together or playing together, and Clyde used to be included in "Craig and those guys" back when that still existed. people took a liking to them specifically, and the idea that they were best friends was born. maybe it was because people felt they were similar, i don't know. but even if that was the start of it, that's not what it became, or why people hung around the idea of them.

also like i said, people love a good "friends to lovers" trope. so cryde got picked up by a some, who furthered it's popularity. a lot of good fics were written (most of which are gone now :( ) and we had some cute art being made. over time, it grew more as a ship and built a bigger fanbase. then we started to get little nods in canon to their friendship, most notably in the "slash" episode and of course in The Stick of Truth. at the time, TSoT probably became the biggest canon backup we had. it wasn't much, but it was fun to see them together again.

and even now, Craig and Clyde still have some little appearances sprinkled around here and there. Clyde still sits next to Craig or sometimes across from him, when the spot beside Craig is taken and still seems to be his friend, even though Craig's old friend group (Clyde, Token and Jimmy) is mostly gone. (though, to be fair, I think Token was most likely the first one to "split" from Craig and those guys. he got a lot more personal growth and development than both Craig and Clyde combined lol. Jimmy too, but he still hangs around Clyde at least.)

obviously, all of that doesn't even have to mean anything unless you want it to. but, i mean, isn't that the basis for most cases of shipping anyway? we're all just reading too deep into things to satisfy ourselves. but anyway, you asked for my defense, so here it is.

in my opinion, cryde is the simplest form of "friends to lovers" there is. it's cheesy how stereotypical they are: childhood best friends, neighbors, sidekicks, always on the same team, wherever one goes the other follows. it's so cheesy dude.

but let me put it like this: imagine growing up alongside your best friend. you do everything together. you play silly games and have sleepovers. you nearly take over the world with toxic sludge from taco bell. you wreck havoc on the other kids just for the hell of it. sometimes you pick on each other, but it's always in good fun. you're just having the time of your life with this kid, and you feel like the spot next to him is where you're meant to be. and you grow up, and things change. but still, there you are, always beside him.

maybe you become a jumble of feelings and you don't know what to do with them, and maybe they create some stupid fights over the years. but you always make up and fall back into the way it was, because you two are a team. you're THE team. and then one day, you can finally put a word to these confusing feelings that make your heart burst and your face flush whenever you're together. it's crazy and scary, but suddenly you're madly in love with him and things just feel right. like all of those years were leading up to this and this is what was always meant for you two. (and of course, he feels the same way. because we like happy endings in this house lmao)

it's just... wholesome and cute. i don't know how the modern cryde fandom views them but that's how the oldies like myself have always thought of them, and it's what drew me into them in the first place.

(as for them being "similar", i like to think of it as a funny coincidence. i view it as: lol these two hang out so often and have meshed together so well, they're basically one being. nothing says real best friendship like being mistaken for each other on a regular basis tbh. either that, or mistaken for dating. that's how you know you've truly made it.

but they are also really different people. Craig is serious, deadpan, tougher, doesn't really care about the opinions of other people. Clyde is goofy, wants to have a good time, emotional as hell, cares deeply about the opinions of other people. they're like a foil for each other, in a way. they'd balance each other out, and that's a nice little added bonus.)

but. yeah. again, this is all just how i look at things, and i'm really not expecting to change anyone's opinion on anything. i just think they have a lot of potential, and it goes far beyond just "they sound alike" or "they seem similar". the idea that these two kids grow up together and eventually fall in love is just something that appeals to me. i've always been a fan of cryde for that reason, even more than Stan and Kyle, which is like... the second biggest ship in the show, and the show's prime example of the "friends > lovers" trope. but, tbh, it really just comes down to preference. that's kinda it.

alright well. this did not need to be this lengthy but, like... if you couldn't tell, i could literally talk about cryde for hours. anyway if you actually stuck around to read this mess then kudos to you, and again i don't expect to change your mind or anything but if you're ever open to just chatting more about this, i'd of course be down to do so!

(i promise next time i won't write a whole novel)

[jamescarstairz]

It's kinda unfair how you vilify malec fans in your post, when most of them ask shtv/t&d to promote and show more isaiah, alisha, alberto. Yes, they don't love dom for obvious reason, and clace for that matter, but I didn't see much support from clace fans towards other cast members like at all, more like racist hatred towards alisha, you want to call out fans ?! You can do it without targeting only one part of the fandom who btw consist mostly from poc lgbts

Hello anon nice to meet you too. I’m not vilifying anyone I’m a malec fan as i’ve stated already so i’m not vilifying anyone. It’s great that some fans ask for the show to promote other members of the cast it really is but honestly ive only seen people asking for more Isaiah if anything which is my problem. I just wish this fandom as a whole not just malec fans would show a little more love and appreciation for the other cast members and characters etc. 

I don’t like dom and it’s frustrating i have to keep explaining all of this. I have never liked dom i’ve always found his ego too big and underserved and his recent comments and behavior was just the cherry on top for me. But as i’ve already said on multiple other occasions dom isn’t jace. And i am fully aware some people can’t watch jace without him being ruined by the actor which is completely understandable however it would be great if people could stop hating on these characters and their ships for a laugh and some notes because there are fans out there who do love jace and clace and get very upset because of the constant hate. I already talked about this briefly here which feeds back into my original point that was the entire fandom isn’t just malec there are other cast members and fans that are often outspoken. Also clace fan here! I and many others support the other cast members. Malec fans and clace fans often overlap (wow shocker). 

Was the racist hatred towards Alisha about the jaia scene cause i remember that and it was disgusting and i am in no way defending those fans but assuming that all clace fans are like that isn’t okay and i feel that’s where a lot of the clace hate comes from just a few ugly fans saying shitty things. The thing is all parts of the fandom have these awful fans malec fans included. 

My original comment was more directed towards malec fans because they always shout the loudest. Now i’m going to clarify when i say malec fans i mean the Malec Stans™ the ones that always make posts like ‘lmao clace who’ or the posts saying matt and harry (and occasionally isaiah) are the only cast members because like i have said there are 8 main cast members but because everyone is so focused on malec/harry/matt the other cast members/characters get shoved to the side. And THAT is my issue.

[righteousdelusions]

No i totally get you!

Tbh I don't interact much with your fanfic posts because I personally was never in any OC/self insert community.

When I was a tween I *imagined* Gaara/Me fantasies (and I think I was also a super magical Harry Potter witch). And my first attempt at a long fic was a Sasuke/OC, she probably was me on some regard, but back then it didn't feel that way! She had a whole backstory, and I was excited about that. She was very cool, haha, but I do think I got into the: oh you can't make her Mary Sue trend, because that was the popular thing (Funnily, in the story Sasuke used to be in a poly relationship with Naruto and Sakura, I've always been this way lmao). Oh and I read SansxYou fics on 2019, because curiosity.

That's my extent with the genre, mostly because I just didn't fancy it (when I started reading fic, they were character ship fics, and back then I almost kinda needed to deplete the available content of any ship I was looking at because I was obsessed. So I did that. The Spanish section of Naruto/Sasuke on ffnet might not be as big as the English one, but I gather it took me at least six months to check all the pages).

But I was on a forum at 12-16 yo, and people were ruthless with that kind of stuff. And I did check people mocking fics, either ship fics or self insert fics, and they always left a terrible taste in my mouth because they were simply mocking people! I didn't have the vocabulary to express what I do see clear now: you guys are complaining about personal taste.

Even now with some people saying the latest movie didn't have this and that and it's like.... you are complaining about a personal taste! You don't like the Thing! Doesn't mean anything! Who even are you!

(People keep telling me Oyasumi Punpun is super depressing and I'm on chap 10 and I'm so bored. And I also read a different manga about the same author and I was so bored. It's so slow and boring. I dont feel depressed I feel bored. But when people say he's a great mangaka I do think they are right, because the work and the personal consistency are noticeable. It's just maybe not for me. Or not my time! Maybe I'll love it three years for now on).

But I did catch some of the "your writing must have perfect grammar or else you've personallly killed my dog" stupid ass shit that was so popular back then. Luckily, I got myself a very kind beta.

And well, then I started writing in English and that shooed away any feeling of grammar superiority I might have felt. It's just dumb. These people generate nothing but contempt. Why don't write about things they want/like instead!

And it's just so false that there's no audience to well, any thing! But specially OC/self insert, based on wattpad and the romance genre as a whole. So I really do feel angry that you felt that way for shitty people that don't deserve it. I'm glad you're vibing and enjoying yourself now.

Also reminds me of when I hung around the pottersues LJ board and one lady was like "this story actually has potential, if the author learns to write" and it started this debate over whether someone can ever truly "learn to write" or "become a writer," with quite a few people arguing in earnest that actually writing well is like some kind of innate talent or quality, that can be improved upon, but cannot be learned unless you were born with that innate quality. Which is obnoxious enough out of context and is even more so when you consider the implications it has for the entire existence of Mary-Sue spork blogs.

Jesus. Internalized misogyny really had me simping for people with the most insufferable intellectual superiority complexes this side of neolib tumblr.

[sagemoderocklee]

Since your editing Alliance will that make any major changes to the chapters that are already up or just small things? The pace does pick up! You write the characters so well, do you think its cause you've watched alot of the show? Or when you write a character do you kinda go back to the series and focus on a character to get a better idea of how they talk and everything? I ask because I've had ideas for stories but didn't think I wrote the characters right, then get annoyed @ myself lol.

I don’t anticipate any major changes to what’s already up. I’m mostly going over the posted chapters for grammar, sentence structure, and consistency. If I do end up changing anything vital I will make a post about it over at @thealliednationssaga​ blog and I’ll definitely let people know when I update the next chapter as well.

I’m so glad that you feel the pace picks up. I know the first few chapters are really kinda slow because they set the stage for the entire fic, so I always worry that it puts ppl off. I just re-read the prologue and chapter one last night--and like the prologue I love, but chapter one has some things that need serious fixing. at least i think so lol but i’m a perfectionist. like honestly you should see the notes I have for this fic lmao 

oh man. thank you so much. that means soooo much to me you have no idea. because like this fic--like smh there are literally so many characters and I do not know how I managed to get all these different perspectives into it and write them all well enough? like that makes me so happy!!! especially cause I started out not being quite as familiar with so many characters. 

For writing them, it really depends on the character. Like Lee and Gaara I think are the ones I’m most familiar with. Lee because of cosplaying him and roleplaying him, but also because of shipping him and Gaara so much. I spent a lot of time thinking about them as individuals and as a couple and why it all works so well, so like with them it was a lot of them being my faves so I always rewatched the parts of the series they were in, but also I just spent a lot of time on my own thinking about them. 

With other characters, it was a lot of reading the Naruto Wikia, actually. I honestly have not read the manga or watched the anime enough. It actually took me a long time to even start writing Naruto fanfiction because I didn’t feel comfortable enough with the characters or the world. It wasn’t until after I cosplayed Lee in 2010 that I started to write fic for the series. And that was when I started writing Alliance, in fact. 

So, characters like Ino, Hinata, Kiba, Chouji and some others, who I hadn’t spent as much time thinking about or seen enough of in canon, I went to the Wikia. 

Honestly, I feel like I’ve spent more time on that Wikia than anyone who doesn’t contribute lol The Wikia is what saved me in terms of finding small bits of information about characters, villages, techniques etc. And it helped with the big things too. It was a super handy reference. Especially for someone like me who skipped a LOT of the series. I jumped around a lot with Naruto. So my canon knowledge can be a little spotty. It’s fine in terms of Alliance if the character isn’t a central figure, but if they end up being important then the Wikia is basically my go-to. 

After a while though--and again I’ve been working on this fic for 6 1/2 years, so it’s been a long while--characters just become easier to write. Like, you might start off kinda shaky with them, but the more you write them the more familiar with them you get and eventually it starts to just come naturally. 

Also, I think a lot of the credit goes to my editing process which is intense. Like this fic has been done for like a year and a half or something??? But it’s not fully posted because my editing process is intense. Going back over what I wrote really helps. With each individual character, they all have their own arcs. So I have a set of questions I can focus on for each character, and then branch out a bit on an individual basis. 

If you’re not feeling confident with writing a certain character, I definitely recommend not only reading about them outside of the content itself, but also just practicing writing them. Put them in a situation and just let it flow. If you feel stuck, it’s probably because it’s unnatural for the character (although you could also be overthinking). You can always make a list of traits you feel that the character has and then write drabbles or something to explore those aspects of the character.

Like let’s go with Lee because I’m super comfy with Lee. Let’s say you don’t feel confident writing him, but you really love him. So ask yourself: What do you know about Lee that’s important to his characterization? What do you think his most defining character traits are? What are his goals? What are his fears? 

For the first question, let’s just focus on one aspect and see where that takes us. Let’s look at Lee’s speech patterns. His speech patterns are very formal, which lends itself to more flowery speech. This also indicates that, as a person, he is very respectful. He would always defer to someone’s rank, unless familiar with them (ex: Neji), and he is always very courteous even with strangers and enemies. Lee also never curses, which follows that he probably doesn’t like vulgar language at all and would be very sensitive to it. 

So already we have an idea of Lee’s voice. The voice of a character is super important because you want to make sure each voice comes through strongly, otherwise it can get kind of muddled, especially if there’s a dialogue heavy scene. And with characters like Lee, Kankurou, and Gaara (for example), who have very particular voices either in their speech patterns (formal speech for Lee, drawling and very casual for Kankurou) or in their inflection (Gaara is generally very monotone, even deadpan at times), if you don’t have a grasp of their voice, then you lose a lot of characterization in that. If Lee curses while he’s sober, then he’s OOC. If Kankurou doesn’t drawl and use a lot of contractions, he’s OOC. If Gaara isn’t concise and straightforward, then he’s probably OOC. Gaara is more nuanced though because he does emote a lot more later in the series and you have to take the situation into account. 

I could honestly go on and on, but I feel like I’ve gone overboard. You definitely did not ask for a lesson in creative writing and here I went and did one anyways so I’m gonna shut right the hell up lol I feel like just that first question is a good enough aid if you need it which you probably don’t and I’m just being ridiculous >